Mum of tiny triplets dies suddenly at home while spending first Christmas with her children

The mum of tiny triplets has died suddenly at home after spending her first Christmas with her children.
Rachel Park 39, and her husband had hailed their children as Christmas miracles after they were allowed home for the first time in ten months after they were born prematurely.
But it has emerged today that Rachel died suddenly at home in Bransty, Whitehaven, on Tuesday, says after talking about how excited she was for Christmas.

A Facebook appeal has now been set up to help her husband Steven look after his young family.
Police have described Rachel's death as "unexplained but not suspicious", the BBC reported.
Steven wept tonight as he said: “She idolised those little girls, they were her world.”
He was too upset to say any more, as local mums rallied around to help.
Julie Hodgson, of Dearham, wrote on Facebook: “We have set up a PayPal account to try and raise money and give her beautiful family the support they need now, and in the coming months.
“We understand that it is an expensive time of year for everybody, but every little helps in this situation, please feel free to donate via PayPal to Parktriplets@gmail.com.”
The combined birthweight of the triplets was just 5lb 2oz – three tiny sisters weighing together as much as one small newborn alone.
Born 14 weeks early, triplets Poppie, Mollie and Evelyn fought for their lives in hospital for the first two months.


Their terrified parents told the Daily Mirror before Christmas how they never heard the doctors say: ‘When your girls come home’.
Day after day, it was always ‘if’.
Rachel, 39, said one week before Christmas: “I remember the consultant telling us: ‘All we have is time. It is up to them, and how much of a fighter they are’.”
She also told the News and Star last week how the family was “ looking forward to Christmas, there’s toys everywhere!”
Following the news of Rachel's death, tributes have now been paid to the mum.