Emma Cannon

Emma Cannon BSc Hons Ac, MbBAcC

Emma is an acupuncturist specializing in pregnancy and fertility, IVF support, post-natal care and gynaecology.

She is Director of Emma Cannon Ltd and author of The Baby-Making Bible and You and Your Bump (due out in June 2011).

"Although my background and original training was in traditional Chinese medicine, I have since gone on to work hand in hand with western medicine and done additional training at The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. I now work as part of a multi disciplined team; many of the patients I see are medically referred; I work closely with The Lister IVF unit and other London specialists. 

Over the years my approach has developed into a fusion of western medicine ideas with acupuncture. I find this fusion works particularly well, that the patient feels that there is a familiarity about the way I support them, and they are not overwhelmed by too much new terminology.

I believe that this approach will help bring about the healthy transformation of Chinese medicine. It means that we are bringing acupuncture up to date without totally rejecting the thousands of years of knowledge on which it is based.

It makes sense to me to work in tandem with orthodox medicine and other practitioners in order to offer these couples a comprehensive approach to their fertility. Fertility is often multi-factorial so I believe it works well with a multi-disciplined approach.

I use tongue and pulse diagnosis but I combine this with information gained from western medicine procedures such as blood tests and scans etc. It is an exciting and accurate way of working."

Emma practices from 137 Harley Street, Chelsea Outpatients Centre, 280 Kings Road, and also has a practice in Chelsea.