They do have a fuller waist, so I'll start off with that.  When they arrived in the mail, I put these on, and was pleasantly surprised at how easily I could breathe.  Normally, the routine goes something like this:

1.  Purchase jeans
2.  Pull jeans on, and wonder how in the world I'll get them to button.
3.  Struggle, suck in, and do lunges until I get them buttoned.
4.  Have labored breathing from the button being so tight.
5.  Wear them for 3 days without washing them, until they FINALLY loosen up enough to breath regularly, and then have to wash thm.
6.  Repeat process.

With these, they went on immediately, without being too tight at ALL.  They didn't make the dreaded "muffin top", and fit very well.  They do run long - I ALWAYS haveto wear a long/tall, as I'm 5'11", but these are long enough.  Just barely, and I'm scared to dry them, but they are the perfect length.

The only problem I'm having, is that as the day goes on, they get very loose in the wasit.  Normally, that wouldn't sound half bad, but they get so loose, that you constantly have to pull them up.  They're on the lower side, as far as the rise goes, so if you don't pull them up, you look like Paris Hilton.  Only not, since they're plus size jeans =). It's awkward, too, as I must be in between sizes in these.  A size smaller would be too small, but these start falling off a couple hours in to the day.