Photo: Mother Of 9 Suffocates Newborn Baby Because “She Has Too Many Children”

An Arizona mother of nine suffocated her newborn baby to death because she “already had too many kids,” police said.

Nina Koistinen, 36, is accused of covering 6-day-old daughter Maya’s nose and mouth with her hand April 8 until she passed out in bed at their Phoenix home.

Her husband, Bradley, discovered the girl unconscious at 6:45 a.m.

He rushed her to hospital, but she was pronounced dead.

At first Koistinen told her husband Maya had fallen asleep during feeding.

But an autopsy revealed “possible signs of suffocation.”

A review of the mother’s child protection service reports led cops to question whether the death had been deliberate.

Records revealed she had previously made statements about wanting to smother her children.

She had also said she wished they’d go to heaven after a car crash that cops said appeared intentional.

Koistinen was arrested and, according to My Fox Phoenix, confessed to killing her baby because she “already had too many children.”

She also said she was jealous with the amount of time her husband was spending with the newborn.

Koistinen is being held on a secured bond of $1 million.