Anyone do EC?

That is, elimination communication? This is where you communicate with your baby about when they need to go and hold them over the toilet (or another receptacle) instead of or in addition to diapering. At first, you watch them for clues that they need to go or are going, and you give sign or sound cues to associate with it, then after a while you can give them the same sign or sound cues and they go on command. Or that's the idea anyway. I've read a couple books on it, though not recently (like 5 years ago when we first thought we'd have a baby soon, so it's not fresh in my mind). Anyhow, I'm 22 weeks pregnant now, and I want to do it. But I don't know anyone who has, or even anyone who has tried. Even my super crunchy parents and friends roll their eyes at the idea, even though it seems like every parent knows when their child is soiling a diaper or will soon... Maybe not all the time, but at least often.

I'm curious if anyone has experience with it. I'd especially be interested in tips on what to put on the baby's bottom half as we get started with it. It needs to be fast/easy to remove, and hopefully fast/easy to put back on. It doesn't have to as super absorbent or waterproof as a diaper, but realistically I know there will be misses early and we have a lot of carpet. (We are planning to get the carpet replaced in the next couple years anyway, but obviously want to keep it from getting nastier than necessary.)