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Mike Braxton wrote:
So when I do yokomenuchi shihonage ura, the movement is soto, however when I do yokomenuchi shihonage omote, the movement is uchi.
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You are not necessarily limited to ura waza just by the soto turn. Passing underneath the arm in the sort of uke nagashi that allows the soto turn you still have the option of moving omote or ura. If your blend in engaging the attack in the soto turn is not really smooth, however, the attack may lose its momentum (and your forearm may get bruised) and omote will be harder than the ura side.
You can also do the initial uchi turn and still go to the ura side for the throw, but again momentum is the key because it works best when you have uke's kuzushi at the first contact, and omote is easier if you lose uke's momentum.
That may be why the variations you mention are typically taught as the kihon most places (as I was), because they are less dependent on the conservation of momentum, which requires much more "feel" for the interaction.