<div class="conversation-container">
    <div class="conversation-content"></div>
    <div class="loading-icon">
        <img src="Images/loading-icon.svg" />
    </div>
</div>

var loader = $(".conversation-container").find(".loading-icon").clone();
$(loader).prependTo(".conversation-content");

var loader = $(".conversation-container").find(".loading-icon");
var clonedLoader = $(loader).clone();
$(clonedLoader).prependTo(".conversation-content");