Something caught my eye as I peered out of the bathroom window. At first I thought it was a squirrel in the shrubbery, but when I opened the back door and stepped out into the garden I realised that the creature rustling under the bush was a baby girl. I picked her up from the ground and carried her indoors to show to my mother-in-law. The child would soon be identified with a quick phone call to the hospital and a scan of the barcode bangle on her wrist. However, I had a funny feeling that this child would not be returning to the care of the NHS: I was adopting a baby!