I've been encapsulating placentas for just over a year and I can tell you I will NOT be doing my own!! I'll absolutely pay a colleague to do it for me! I always do the steaming at night when the kids are in bed and put it on the dehydrator over night because frankly it just doesn't smell very good. All said and done it takes a couple of hours of actual work start to finish plus the time to dehydrate (quicker but more smelly in the oven, slower but less smelly in the dehydrator)
My fee is $195 if you're not a doula client and $150 if you are (since I'll already be at your birth and will take it home vrs having to go pick it up) and I deliver generally 48 hours later. When choosing someone to encapsulate, look at what all their package includes - there is a WIDE range of features and add ins that can make the price more or less (like what they're packaged in and the size of the capsules they use and things like placenta prints and cord keepsakes) Also, some encapsulators automatically include a tincture in their "package" while others charge for that separately. I'm just learning how to do tinctures so I don't offer it yet, but my colleague offers it for an additional $100.
If you want to encapsulate but didn't budget for it, don't be afraid to ask if they work on a sliding scale, offer discounts (especially if you work with a midwife - I offer clients of my partners a discount as well) or if they'll allow you to make payments. I spend a minimum of $30 on supplies - jar, labels, capsules, paper, packaging supplies, jalepeno/lemon/ginger, etc - plus the cost of gas for pick up and delivery. So, I require a minimum payment of $50 and will accept 2-3 post dated checks for the balance.
So, I hope that was helpful to some of you that are thinking about it.
AFM in other news, had my second home visit with my mw today and it went much better. DH and I got a TON done in the house this week and even though there is still a lot that really needs to be done, I feel really good about it over all. She did ask me to redo my GBS test because neither of us thought about it at the time, but when I did it the first time I was actually on abx because of the sinus/ear infection I had. So, just to be safe we redid it.
I've been downing the floradix and thankfully my iron is up to 11.0 which is GREAT for me! (I was at 9 something I think) so I'm pretty relieved. I haven't felt much improvement, but the relief of knowing I'm in the "safe for hb" range is fantastic!
I've been having sets of regular-ish contractions in the evenings pretty much every night and they're starting to be noticable in my back and are also crampy but of course when I got tobed they disappear 
No other signs that birth is eminent so I still feel pretty confident that baby will be staying put for a while. I'm in the "absolutely exhausted" club too and though I have the mental motivation for serious nesting, I find it hard to get anything done though it is easier to stay motivated now that we've actually gotten some things done.
I realized the price was kind of high, but I was ready to figure that out, but then I read that you can't, so... I'm kind of bummed.
<---After three looooong days in a car, this is how I'm feeling. We're trying to hit the ground running today because there is so much to do/take care of. DH is at the registration office right now trying to get a license plate to replace the one that blew off in the Nebraska blizzard we drove through. We pretty much hate Nebraska now. We get TERRIBLE weather every time we drive across that darn state.
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