These results have demonstrated that rigid adherence to the prohibition of washing and bathing was difficult to maintain and contradicts contemporary healthcare approaches and notions of comfort. Contemporary facilities maintain a comfortable environment for new mothers, indicating that doing the month at the PNC is integrated with contemporary scientific knowledge and awareness of comfort. These results are consistent with the findings of previous studies (Chen, 2011; Holroyd et al., 2011; Liu et al., 2012) which demonstrated that interpretations of the ritual are flexible and that its practice now incorporates contemporary knowledge. Traditional doing the month hygiene practices have been challenged and modified according to contemporary scientific knowledge, which has affected restrictions of hygiene practices.