The judge added that the mother before the court in February and the woman with the earlier mental episode were ‘almost like different people’.

However social workers told the court that they doubted whether the mother would continue to take medication and that she had lapsed in the past. They said the child should be adopted before the age of nine months.

Judge Newton said: ‘It is not a case where I can accede to the mother’s wishes even though I understand, not just the strength of feeling that she has, but it is rare to have it articulated in such a forceful and coherent form.’

The adoption is now likely to be challenged by lawyers.

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