So I never figured it out in the method I described above. But I did find a different method that achieved the same result successfully using Cloudflare tunnels. Following Ibracorps tutorial (https://docs.ibracorp.io/cloudflare-tunnel/) allowed me to reverse proxy all my docker services with an SSL certificate without any port forwards and according to Ibracorp, Cloudflare tunnelling is a faster and more secure method for self-hosting on the internet.
Hope this helps you out and let me know if you have anymore questions
