Police say the woman, Chechena, 30, was arrested after childcare services became suspicious about the baby's whereabouts.
She told the police that she needed the money to "buy sweets and clothes" for her other three children.
Chechena gave birth at a maternity hospital in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
"When I gave birth to a son, my maternal instincts appeared. Before we were discharged from the hospital, I breastfed him myself,” Chechena said.
But after giving birth, she proceeded to selling her baby to a couple she said she met on Facebook.
A midwife at the hospital was said to have given the baby to a man, whom she thought was Chechena's husband.
The couple agreed to pay her £250 but she said she didn't receive the money until during Summer.
"In the summer they transferred me the money to my bank card, like a lump sum. I used it to buy sweets and clothes for the children," Chechena said.
Authorities say the couple have been arrested and the baby is now in the care of social services.
Chechena has also been put in house arrest in order to take care of her other children.
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