publishing taking FOREVER

i just made a new site with flash that was one big scene, and it was publishing in a few seconds. I decided it would be easier to work with if i converted it into scenes (6 to be exact). So i did, and everything went fine, but not every time i try to publish it it take like 20 to 30 minutes. Is this standard for files with many scenes? the entire .swf file is only about 3,000 kb. This is killing me, cuz it would be so much easier to edit with scenes, but i hate waiting a half hour to check my work over. Thanks for the help.