( CNN ) -- Veronica Lon Pantaleon Mendoza said it was her son 's pleas that finally led her to quit work . The 37-year-old from San Juan City in the Philippines went back to work three months after her son , now 14 , was born and worked as a marketing executive for more than five years . `` My office was in another city , '' she writes on iReport . `` I 'd need to beat the traffic ; leave home very early while my son was still sleeping ; travel home during rush hour and arrive home late at night when he ( was still asleep ) . '' `` A nanny took care of him . We had a maid . I would describe myself then as more of a career woman than a mom . '' But , eventually , she remembers , her son started asking why he did n't see his mom very often . See also : If Marissa Mayer can 'have it all , ' can you ? `` That 's all it took , '' she said . `` I resigned from work and started to spend more time with him . '' Mendoza has now started a second career . When she became pregnant again , she decided to work from home as an online English teacher . `` I planned , acted on it and learned how to make it work , '' she said . Adapt , compromise and communicate is her advice to other mothers . Mendoza is one of many who responded with their own experiences to the news that new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is expecting a baby in October . In a Fortune article announcing the news Tuesday , the 37-year-old said : `` My maternity leave will be a few weeks long and I 'll work throughout it . '' Mayer 's comments have re-ignited the perennial debate around how working mothers can balance motherhood with their careers -- can women really have it all ? A CNN story published Wednesday , asked just that question : `` If Marissa Mayer can 'have it all , ' can you ? '' It prompted comments showing a variety of standpoints on the subject . As the piece mentions , Mayer is not your typical working mother and some of you echoed that , saying that because of her success , Mayer is n't a useful role model for the average person . See also : Want more female execs ? Sort out the household chores . `` Using Marissa Mayer is not a good comparison to regular working moms , '' wrote Hamsamich . `` With her millions , she can have a nursery built next to her office , and ( have it ) staffed with a full-time nanny . '' But many of you chimed in , saying that no matter what a woman 's wealth or success `` having it all '' is a myth . `` It is impossible to have it all , '' writes James330i . `` The ideal parent is at home watching the baby grow up . The ideal CEO spends the majority of time watching the company grow . `` To have it all would mean finding a job requiring 4hrs a day of work and the rest being a parent . '' Rmercat agrees : `` You can not be something for everyone , and be there all the time . Something at some point will have to give . `` This is n't necessarily a bad thing -- but people need to stop fooling themselves when they believe you can be in a board meeting and at the preschool play at the same time . '' Pghgirl thinks that high-achieving women put pressure on others : `` ( It 's ) a shame that women and men who want to stay home with their children have to feel pressured by society to be superwoman like this chick . '' Spoddney thinks that the solution to the issue lies in legislation : `` When will the U.S. get with the program ( I 'm Professor of Medicine in Australia but worked ... in Boston for 3 years ) ... Australia is much more working mum friendly and flexible than the U.S. '' On Twitter , a debate sprang up on Twitter around the hashtag # havingitall . Krista Laursen noted that the `` Debate about # havingitall needs to recognize each woman has a different definition of all . Trick is to want and appreciate what you have . '' While Jess Pelaez came back with a challenge : There 's no such thing as # havingitall , regardless of gender . Remember , anything worth doing is difficult . What 's stopping you ? '' U.S. academic and former State Department director of policy planning -- the first woman in the job -- who recently wrote a piece for The Atlantic on the subject described women who make it into top jobs as `` genuine superwomen '' and points out that many of them do n't have families . She tweeted this Tuesday : `` Bottom line : We shd cheer 4 all women who make it to the top . But that 's not enough 4 real equality . Need better choices . # havingitall '' This debate is n't going away . Share your experiences in the comments below or upload in iReport .
News that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is pregnant re-ignited work and motherhood debate . The company has been under fire for its treatment of female employees in the past year after a series of high-profile firings including former chief executive Scott Thompson, who was fired last month amid allegations he had an Here 's a snapshot of your thoughts on `` having it all ''