I was awoken twice by a sound of a baby crying. Not in a sad way but in the way babies will make a loud sound every now and then just because they like to make sounds. It was extremely loud, jarring me from my sleep, like I was trying to be told something.

Then I recalled my full dreams this morning. It had me visiting my niece's baby in the hospital. (this is seperate from the baby cry I heard). I was sitting on the hospital bed. It wasn't my bed but it was where I chose to sit to hold the very sick baby. My niece has a child and is expecting another. In my dream I don't feel this child was either of her 2 kids, I don't think she was pregnant in the dream either. I was panicing as the baby looked so frail. (I should note that my late father passed looking like a frail infant and I have thought since that infants look like people nearing the end of thier life). I knew the baby was going to pass in a matter of days. I asked my niece "what will happen, how will it happen" . She was calming me with an attitude that the death can't be avoided so nothing can be done.

On the note of health worries. My niece is not only pregnant but was supposed to get her reproductive area worked on because she has major problems. I am concerned because of health problems in her side of the family and that she may not be telling me the truth of the severity.

The other thing about kids is that I am a 41 year old cancer survivor and although cured and docs don't expect a return of the type of very curable cancer I had, I am concerned that wanting a baby in my forties may be selfish for many reasons. I always wanted kids and people have children into thier 50's in my family, but I want to be practical.
So I thought could this pressing worry have contributed to my dream or is what it is about?

Could this be a prediction of the baby or my nieces health. Or of mine.

Could this be symbolic of something else all together?

I just remember looking at this baby and knowing it was going to die and being filled with overwhelming sadness.

Thank you?