Heartbreaking tributes have been paid to an 'absolutely amazing mother' who died after the birth of her fourth child.
Laura Hilpert, from Kenton, Newcastle, died in the Royal Victoria Infirmary this week, shortly after meeting her newborn son Duaine Thomas-Lee for the first time.
Originally from Fawdon, Laura, 35, had battled health problems all of her life, but had longed to be a parent. Always a 'fighter', Laura defied doctors' predictions that she would never give birth and had three daughters, who family say 'were here life'.
