I'm in the middle of trying to breed a 5x31 hippopotas and now in my breeding I stumbled upon the nature I wanted (careful) for my 5x31, except I'm only at a 4x31 right now. I am confused on what to do now, because if I just keep breeding like normal this good nature will go away... However if I breed another 4x31 to breed with my current one I wouldn't be able to pass both the extra IV and the nature...
I'm thinking of maybe breeding an unnatured 5x31 and then letting that one hold the bracelet for the last stat I want and then placing an everstone on my current Hippopotas. But I see nowhere where this is explicitly stated on any of the breeding guides I looked at so I'm just making sure before I spend another large amount of my in game money making a 5 IV pokemon. Is this the right train of thought? Any help/clarification would be greatly appreciated :)
